Stupendous Steve Goad is painting away with eight pages of solid sequentials under his belt, so this week I will regale you with images of the original zombie: The Zombie Jesus.
Christians sometimes appear to be wandering in a zombie-like state.
Jesus offered himself as food. The barbaric Catholic religion actually believes that the communion wafer physically transforms into the real body and blood of Jesus during one part of the mass: Transubstantiation!
But wait… Jesus was not the first zombie–
No– Lazarus was the first zombie. Jesus got him to rise from the dead as explained in a Wikipedia article (not to mention the good book itself): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus
The miracle of Lazarus
In the Gospel of John Lazarus, also called Lazarus of Bethany or Lazarus of the Four Days was a man who lived in the town of Bethany. His sisters, Mary and Martha, sent word to Jesus that the one he loved was ill. Jesus delayed, and when he finally arrived it was found that Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days. Martha reproached him, and when Jesus assured her that Lazarus would rise, she thought he was referring to resurrection on Judgment Day. To this Jesus replied, “I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die”. In the presence of a crowd of Jewish mourners, Jesus had the stone rolled away from the tomb and bade Lazarus to come out. This he did, still wrapped in his grave-cloths. Jesus then called for his followers (friends and family alike) to remove the grave-cloths. The narrator claims many other Jews were convinced of Jesus’ divinity after visiting Lazarus. Later, the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus to death.”
I really like the above image of the zombie Jesus. It could be the cover of a Roy Wood album.
For more Zombie Jesus fun check out Irascible Ira Hunter and Rotten Robin Thompson’s site : http://www.championsofhell.com/videos.html
Next Week:
Steve Goad interview.
See You in the Funny Papers!
Julian
Comments (3)
For a modern re-imagining of the story of Lazarus see the new Nick Cave album Dig! Lazarus Dig!. It follows a character named ‘Larry’ and his experiences living in LA
Comment by Morgan | April 5th, 2008 @ 2:53 pm
I’ll look out for that. Gotta love that Nick Cave, he looks kinda un-dead himself these days.
Comment by julian | April 5th, 2008 @ 9:38 pm
“the barbaric Catholic religion?”
Oh Julian.
Comment by alex | April 9th, 2008 @ 9:28 am